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Articles tagged "opera" NewsClimbing the Wagnerian summit: Seattle Opera reaches for greatness in staging of ‘Ring’ cycleby John Von Rhein [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][2.Sep.09] :. SEATTLE — “Ringheads” have plenty of reasons to rejoice. No fewer than four major productions of Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” are popping up from...  NewsThe classics, via computer: A trove of online music is availableby David Patrick Stearns [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][5.May.09] :. The age of musical curiosity is back. The means to discover music we don’t even know exists has been threatening to die for a while - an ancillary fatality as the CD store threatens to go the...  Sound AffectsSpectacle: Elvis Costello with Renée Fleming (Episode 9)by Zeth Lundy[28.Jan.09] :. The silly red hat: it’s back. At first, when I see Elvis Costello wearing that questionable fashion choice once again atop his head while performing (an abridged) “All This Useless... NewsMaximum minimalismby David Patrick Stearns [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][3.Sep.08] :. Contradictory as it sounds, minimalist music is arriving in an avalanche this fall. But since minimalism is, by definition, minimal, one envisions creatures from some musical Lilliput engulfing...  NewsComposer spent 20 years writing opera about abolitionist John Brownby Paul Horsley [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][2.May.08] :. KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Shortly after 10 p.m. on May 24, 1856, John Brown and seven other men, including four of his sons, stole into the night near Osawatomie, Kan., dragged five pro-slavery settlers... NewsSan Francisco Opera to offer global broadcasts in 2008by Georgia Rowe [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][19.Dec.07] :. In his boldest and most far-reaching move since taking the helm of San Francisco Opera two years ago, general director David Gockley has announced a new agreement to begin worldwide, cinema-quality... Met Opera success propels ancient art form into a telegenic futureby Edward Ortiz [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][12.Nov.07] :. The love affair between opera and digital technology is not only continuing—it’s growing deeper and more expansive. The Metropolitan Opera will deliver eight—up from six last... Tenor superstar brought opera to millions: Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007by John von Rhein [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][6.Sep.07] :. Some admirers called Luciano Pavarotti the greatest tenor who ever lived. He certainly was the contemporary world’s most widely recognized opera singer and one of the most popular and... Rufus Wainwright’s operatic lifeby Thor Christensen [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][14.Aug.07] :. Lots of pop artists are frustrated opera singers who load up their songs with melisma and melodrama. The results usually sound more like Ethel Merman than Kathleen Battle. But Rufus Wainwright is... Opera singer Jerry Hadley, 55, dies after suicide attemptby John von Rhein [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][19.Jul.07] :. Jerry Hadley’s attractive lyric tenor voice, all-American good looks and exceptional acting ability carried him from a humble farm upbringing in northern Illinois to the world’s major... Soprano brought world of opera to the massesby Lawrence A. Johnson [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][6.Jul.07] :. Beverly Sills was a trailblazer, an American soprano who came to acclaim on home turf, and an artist who bridged the opera house and popular culture with the same ease and agility in which her... D.C. opera hopes youths watch these sopranosby Karoun Demirjian [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][3.Jun.07] :. WASHINGTON - Check out a college student’s iPod, and odds are tracks of gangsta rap will outnumber grand opera. But can Snoop Dogg devotees be persuaded to appreciate Puccini? The Washington... Costello keyboardist Nieve finds his own voiceby Len Righi [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)][25.May.07] :. Cobbling together a cast that includes pop music heavyweights Sting and Elvis Costello and classical music stars Barbara Bonney and the Brodsky Quartet is impressive enough. Convincing them to... Singer’s voice stays full-bodied in her slimmer personaby Edward Ortiz [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][9.May.07] :. In her current incarnation, she’s a lean, mean vocal machine. But it wasn’t always that way for soprano Deborah Voigt - at least not the lean part. It wasn’t that long ago that... |
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